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[quote=Anonymous]Laying out the facts: DH and I both work outside the home, and cannot telework. We have a midday dog walker. We live in an apartment building with no direct access to the ground, without going in the elevator or stairs. We have a preschooler, but we had the dog first.

About once every two weeks, the dog gets sick for days at a time and constantly begs to be taken out to eat grass. I have two problems:

1. I worry about her during the day, because she is trapped inside when she might feel nauseous. She occasionally vomits bile. 
2. I am at home alone a lot with the kid in the evenings, and I can’t take everyone outside at the whims of the dog, who could plant herself stay in one spot munching away for 10 minutes when I should be getting my child in bed. This is aside from the 2am nausea wake ups where we do try to take her out.

We adore this dog, but I’m starting to think that she needs to live with a family that has a yard and somebody home during the day, or the option of a doggy door. Is it cruel to both to both sides to keep her in a situation where she can’t calm her stomach when she needs to?[/quote]

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